On the way home from work on Christmas Eve, 26-year-old blue-collar worker Yamada stumbles upon a drunk and crying high school boy and takes him in for the night. This boy, Chihiro, is polite, a good housekeeper, and lives quite close by, so he ends up coming over to Yamada's place from time-to-time to cook for him as thanks for the rescue. Yamada finds out later that the reason Chihiro was so miserable on the day they first met is because he was mulling over being in love with his best friend...

Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute and had a demure personality she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a series of misunderstandings and mishaps, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka Kou.

Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but that they cannot go back. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?

Include in this manga are the following stories:

V.8 - Sono Omokage o Shitteru

From Viz:

Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi's financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he'll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him. But can Sumi fool high society into thinking she's a proper lady? Moreover, is it worth giving up everything for this sham of a marriage?

Although she is average in looks and in grades, Sonoda Makoto’s one redeeming feature has been her kindness and willingness to help people. One day, the most handsome boy in school, Mizuno Ruka, requests to speak with her, but that’s not the most shocking part! Suddenly, he pulls out a marriage document and says he wants to marry Makoto! This is the story of a sincere love that shelters you through the rain.

Mika works wonders with a camera, and with her skill, she takes secret photos of the school’s “prince,” Yuuki, and sells them. When Yuuki finds out, he takes her pictures of him and tears them up! Mika then proceeds with a plan to follow him around and take pictures in a “total coverage” of the prince! What will she find out about the boy always in front of her camera, and the one behind the princely mask he wears?

A murder case for the 20th anniversary for the manga of Kindaichi

A collection of short doujin stories by Canno. All slightly romantic, with open endings. −Gold star, happy end −A dead-end, after all −The secret door that fleetingly opens −Welcome to the Occult Research Society! −The bamboo and the tiger −Cinderella −Just waiting for spring −Summer ends 

The lonely and isolated girl named Inori was sent to her grandmathor's villa in overseas for recuperation. There was not one day that she wasn't bored staying in a big house with no one she could talk to until the day she met Haruka, who lightened her world.

From Exiled Rebels Scans:

Yura, who picks up his nephew on the way home from work, has a natural enemy: The blunt and unsociable preschool teacher Kaji. Despite his kindness for the children he teaches, Kaji hasn’t a smile to spare for the guardians who come pick them up. Overlooked by the gay Yura, whom has a heart breaking history with his past boyfriend. When Yura’s unrequited love silences him, calling him a “bastard homosexual” Kaji steps in to protect him, pretending to be his boyfriend?!

The love between an unsociable preschool teacher x salary man

From Aerandria Scans:

Sakura is a princess who lives alone with a few maids in a mansion deep in the mountains. She's been engaged to the prince of the country since she was born. She doesn't like that fact, as she wants to decide her fate on her own. However, one day, a messenger from the prince suddenly came to take her to the capital...

• Heartbreak
• Fox Princess
• おにあいのわたし
• Armet
• Asatte niwa Hawaii.
• Asatte made Hawaii.
• Wish
• Heartbreak Side Story: Confession

From Paper Dolls Project:

Shinomiya-kun's aloofness attracted Yukino's attention and because of that, she started to see a new side of him. And now, even though he loves school, Shinomiya-kun has to quit school due to home circumstances. To be able to continue seeing him, what would Yukino do?

Kei and a ghost named Shouko struggle to find meaning in their violin playing while being bullied at a school for rich kids.

Sensei's and my lie-filled and happy days.

A cram school teacher, Uno, reunites with his former student and lover, Someya. Uno, who couldn't throw away his feelings for Someya, accepts his proposal to "be in a no-strings attached lover's relationship" and sleeps with him. The two spend their days peacefully and happily like the time when they were lovers. Then, by chance, he happens to witness Someya entering a love hotel with a woman. Uno presses for the truth, but senses something wrong with Someya's reaction...

Hayashida, who has a super power with the ability to hear the voice of others’ hearts, dreams of meeting his “person of destiny” who he can not hear their hearts voice. One day, he notices the fact that no voice can be heard from the captain of the soccer club.
“I will definitely meet someone who is my destiny, I will definitely love them.”
While staring at the captain with such a longing feeling in his heart, he feels calm even sitting next to the loud Mori senpai who only thinks about his love for boobs. Sachimo brings a story about uncontrollable love between a Psychic and his school mate.

To-Y (Fujii To-ii) is a member of the punk rock band GASP. Along with other punk bands, which usually just hanged out doing small gigs, they have this enormous hatred and aversion to the main Japanese music industry, which is dominated by pop music and untalented Idol singers. However, To-Y was tempted by Kado (the Nagel ripoff) of Kama Production, a strong will promoter, to expand out beyond GASP since he has the talent, except she also expect to promote him as an Idol singer, which revolts To-Y. All in all, a traditional rock-n-roll story.

Hundred of years have passed since the war between orcs, dwarves, humans and elves.
Now all 4 races live peacefully. This is the story between a sloppy female knight with a mess of a house and an orc that cant stand disorder and unclean stuff.

In a war-torn country where men and monsters fight one another, a young boy has survived a brutal attack. As he’s grown older, he spots a beautiful young woman who might be a gypsy – he’s not sure. What she really seems to be is one of the monsters – a woman who can control spiders and through them control others, and their two paths are about to become intertwined amongst the larger story…

Momo and Michi go out walking in the snow together on one of their dates. During the walk, Michi starts to express her worry over their relationship.

One day, the young Tsubaki Akari visits the salon that Tsuchiya works at. Now that she’s graduated from high school, she wants to makeover her appearance to get the confidence to get closer to the person she likes. She says she always watches them from afar, and Tsuchiya then remembers that she’s noticed Tsubaki hovering in front of the shop before...